BRIDGEWATER — Authorities say they’ve caught a Peeping Tom at the Bridgewater Commons mall, accusing a 33-year-old Pennsylvania man of using a palm-sized camera to record “up-the-skirt” videos of women last week.

Bridgewater police arrested Martin J. Vertucio, of Bristol, Pa., on Saturday after he allegedly was found with one such video on the Sony Mobile HD Snap Camera he carried, according to court documents. The recording, shot at the mall around 4:20 p.m. Friday, was of the backside of an unknown woman near him on an escalator.

Police said Vertucio also tried to record another video in the mall’s movie theater. The man allegedly placed the camera on the floor next to his seat with hopes of catching a glimpse of an unsuspecting woman walking by, court documents state, but the theater was too dark for clear images.

Vertucio told the detective that he usually viewed the footage in the men's bathroom at the malls.

Court papers state that Vertucio told Bridgewater detective Michael Packwood that he was responsible for the video, and Vertucio added that he had done this at various malls about 30 times since July.

The documents did not say what other malls he had visited, and a Bridgewater police spokesman was not immediately available to elaborate.

Vertucio was charged with 3rd-degree invasion of privacy and was taken to the Somerset County jail, where he remained Monday in lieu of $15,000 bail.